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Minor changes to styling, while equipment levels and safety are improved

Toyota has launched a revised Yaris for 2010.

The exterior styling changes are minimal, with minor changes to the headlights and bumpers. The main changes come in the top-spec TR model, which gets new 15-inch alloy wheels, dark-tinted headlamp glass, matte silver-finish doorhandles and new fog lights in the front bumper.

Toyota has also further boosted the safety of the five-star Euro NCPA Yaris TR, as it now gets curtain airbags and a driver’s knee airbag as standard.

Inside, the Yaris benefits from a new sports instrument display and new upholstery design, while the 1.3 Dual VVT-i- and 1.4 D-4D-powered models get leather trim on the steering wheel and gearknob.

There are three engines available with the Yaris: the aforementioned petrol and diesel models, as well as a 1.0 VVT-I petrol example. All engines emit less than 120g/km of CO2, while the 1.33-litre model comes with stop-start and a six-speed manual gearbox.

Prices start at £10,040 for the 1.0-litre Yaris T2, and the 2010 models are available to order now.

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Mini1 7 January 2010

Re: Toyota revises Yaris range

J400uk wrote:
I sware the Yaris was only facelifted a matter of months ago? This sounds to me like just a few model year changes.
Yeah it was facelifted some time around last April, this is just updates for the 2010 model range - there are now only two models in the range, T2 and TR. Probably winding the range down for a new model, next year probably I would have thought.

J400uk 7 January 2010

Re: Toyota revises Yaris range

I sware the Yaris was only facelifted a matter of months ago? This sounds to me like just a few model year changes.

Mini1 7 January 2010

Re: Toyota revises Yaris range

SDR wrote:
The engine is gutsy (if not silent) and already returns 68 mpg with little effort on a run, the seats are comfortable, driving position unusually high so visibility is excellent, and motorway refinement exceptional - less than 2000 rpm in sixth at 70, which the engine seems perfectly happy with and is less than my 2.0TDi Audi.
Six gears and being below 2,000 rpm do absolute wonders for fuel economy. I only wish more manufacturers would get on the sixth gear bandwagon - the fact that Toyota have slotted such a gearbox and engine into the Yaris should show everyone else. And the fact that the whole Yaris range now qualifies for £30 road tax or less is extremely good news. Whilst the Yaris may not be a hoot to drive, like SDR says, it's more than good enough for most people, especially with cracking engines such as the 1.4 diesel and 1.33. Other manufacturers should sit up and take note - more six-gear offerings, please!!